Botswana - How to Obtain a Yellow Fever Vaccination

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Procedure

How to Apply
Apply In-Person

1. Visit the nearest Health facility that offer the Yellow fever vaccine, during working hours {view office location &contact section below for details}.
2. Present your identification document to the registration unit/reception desk.
3. Non-citizens will be required to pay for the vaccine at the cash counter/office and present the payment receipt to the registration unit.
4. Wait for your turn at the waiting area, your name will be called and you will be usher into the injection room to be administered with the vaccine by a medical practitioner.
5. The medical practitioner/registrar will fill out the yellow fever booklet and issue it, plus your identification document immediately.

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Required Documents

• Valid National Identity card (Omang).
• Passport for non-citizens.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Health and Wellness
Department of Community Health Services
Environmental and Occupational Health Division
Port Health Unit
Office GC 13/17
Tell: - (+267) 3632448/3632882
Ministry Contact/ location address map link: Link
Website: Link
Ministry Opening hours: 7:30 am to 12:45 and 13:45 to 16:30, Monday to Friday, except public holidays.

HEALTH FACILITIES THAT OFFER THE SERVICE;

• Kgatelopele Clinic, Block 8, Gaborone on Thursdays from 1000 hours to 1630 hours, Tel-(+267) 3939345
  
• Nkaikela Clinic, Tlokweng on Wednesdays from 1000 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 3936890/3928228
  
• Tlokweng Clinic, Tlokweng on Wednesdays from 1000 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 3928596
  
• Village Clinic, Extension 15, Gaborone on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1400 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 3956114/3973670/3976308
  
• Nkoyayaphiri Clinic, Mogoditshane on Tuesdays from 1000 hours to 1200 hours, Tel--(+267) 3936890
  
• Mogoditshane Clinic, Mogoditshane on Tuesdays from 1000 hours to 1200 hours, Tel--(+267) 3952548
  
• Botshwelelo Clinic, Francistown on Wednesdays from 0730 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 2442188/2442103
  
• Airstrip Clinic, Xhosa II, Mahalapye on Fridays from 0730 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 4710569/4710009
  
• Letsholathebe II Memorial Hospital, Maun on Thursdays from 1100 hours to 1630 hours, Tel--(+267) 6879000/6879309/10
  
• Kasane Health Post, Kasane on Wednesdays from 0730 hours to 1245 hours, Tel--(+267) 6250347/6250333
  

Opening Hours: Enquire with the selected health facilities listed above, before visiting.

Eligibility

• Citizens and non-citizens travellers of 1 years of age and older coming from – or transit through airport of countries that are consider high risk of the yellow fever transmission.

Fees

The processing fee is;

• No cost for citizens.
• BWP 40.00 for non-citizens.

Validity

• The validity of the yellow fever certificate is for lifetime and it begins 10 days after the vaccination

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Processing Time

• Immediately

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Instructions

IMPORTANT NOTES

• A vaccination waiver may be issued with a medical practitioner, if the yellow fever vaccine may cause other health complication i.e. allergies, person suffering from other diseases
  
• However this may cause problems when crossing a boarder as some countries may not recognize the medical waiver
  

Required Information

• Full name of the applicant
• Contact details
• Identification document details
• Residential address

Need for the Document

• Yellow fever certificate, serve as proof of vaccination against the yellow fever disease and is a mandatory travel document for person who wish to travel to Botswana or are to transit trough Botswana, from countries that are considered to be of high risk of transmission of the yellow fever disease.
  

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

• Government service portal: Link
  

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